Stories @ Techstory – Weekly Roundup !

Richa Kar Creates India’s Best Lingerie Store with Zivame!

“When you are growing a business you cannot spend as much time with family and that is a choice I have made.I work 9 am to 9 pm, I don’t do any housework as I have household help to take care of that, don’t socialize, don’t have time to interact with parents. I only work.” Richa Kar, founder and CEO of Zivame, talks to Techstory about the Zivame success, about what it means to be an entrepreneur and about being a women in the startup space !

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Priya Maheshwari of Properji – Helping you make informed home buying decisions !

“I was aghast by how all Indians were putting their entire life’s savings in property based on leap of faith assumptions and blind trust in those who were ready to cheat them. So I decided to start Properji with the objective of providing buyers with an unbiased and independent property related advice so that they can make an informed decision before buying a property.” says Ivy League graduate Priya Maheshwari, cofounder of Properji. The story of Properji, a company trying to bring trust, transparency and professionalism in real estate market.

Husband Wife duo – Anand and Ashwini are bringing the power of Artificial Intelligence to every mobile user !

He is passionate about technology, she is fascinated by how humans interact with technology. Together this couple, extremely passionate about the science of machines, are building one of the most exciting artificial intelligence companies of our country. The story of Ashwini Asokan and Anand Chandrasekaran of Mad Street Den !

Inspiring Quotes from Female Celebs!

Ruchi Sanghvi: From Facebook to facing the unknown

Ruchi Sanghvi, Facebook’s first female engineer, decided early on to follow her intuition rather than let fear or convention dictate her decisions. From joining Facebook, to building Facebook Newsfeed, to quitting Facebook and embarking on her own startup, Sanghvi has continuously defied–and then surpassed–expectations. Her startup, Cove, was acquired soon after she gave this talk.

“I want to see a satellite map with less dark patches and more lights.” Meet Ajaita Shah, CoFounder & CEO of Frontier Markets, Forbes magazine’s 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs, working to provide clean energy solutions to the country’s poorest !

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Pragnya Wakhlu’s Mousai uses music & movement to help people lead more inspired & positive lives !

“I felt that the reason for my being on earth was to serve a greater purpose than coding in a tech company. Thats how I started Mousai.” Meet Pragnya Wakhlu of Mousai, a company that uses music and movement as a form of learning to help people lead better lives.

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CEO, serial entrepreneur, advisor to VCs – The very inspiring story of Bhawna Agarwal !

Building businesses ground up, turning around company’s growth, advising startups, advising VCs – She has done it all. Meet a very well know name in the startup world – the very inspiring -Bhawna Agarwal !

Oprah Winfrey on Career, Life and Leadership

Oprah Winfrey shares seminal moments of her career journey and the importance of listening to your instincts. Winfrey also offers advice to students on how to find their calling: “Align your personality with your purpose, and no one can touch you.”

“We did a complete exercise of coming up with use cases and testing them with users before coming up with a product”. Meet Shammi Arora, CPO at Vyu TV, as she talks about the VYU TV app, suggest better product building practices and talks about what it is like being a woman in the tech industry.

Most Powerful Women in Politics !

Finding the right place to work has always been a challenge for entrepreneurs. Pune now gets its own co-working space with The Mesh where startups can work , interact and be a mutually beneficial community.

Parul Gupta brings the world’s best online courses to you through SlideRule !

She is the recipient of the MIT Technology Review Young Innovators Award, the IIT Bombay Distinguished Service Award & the Foundation of Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE)’s Young Changemaker award , she is a mother and is one of the founders of Slide Rule. Meet Parul Gupta.

Vineeta Singh’s FabBag introduces Indian women to some of the best beauty products!!

She always knew that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. Vineeta Singh with her second venture FabBag is introducing Indian Women to some of the best beauty products at a very low cost through a monthly subscription model .

Suchi Mukherjee plans on creating South East Asia’s largest online discovery platform through Limeroad!

After a very successful career of working at very senior positions for 16+ years , Suchi Mukherjee returned to India to create the most extensive lifestyle platform for women’s lifestyle products – Limeroad. The story of Suchi Mukherjee.